• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.369-393
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• 2021

The legal deposit is a comprehensive and systemic method for acquiring a country's publications. This study aims to compare laws and regulations about legal deposit among several countries that have different histories and traditions and to supplement laws and regulations of Korea's legal deposit. To do this, research papers and laws, regulations, guides, web sites and online systems about legal deposit of eight countries including USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, and Korea were reviewed. This study tried to compare and analyse several categories including publications to be deposited or not deposited, requirements, due dates, expenses, and numbers of copies for deposit, and penalty for noncompliance with legal deposit. Also, online publications to be deposited or not deposited, requirements and methods for deposit were compared and analysed. At last, some suggestions were also made for improvement in laws and regulations of in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.141-160
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• 2012

National libraries have an obligation to meet the information needs of users by collecting as many various materials as possible. As legal deposit accounts for the highest percentage of the collection building methods of national libraries, they are trying to encourage the legal deposit of the publishers. However, the rate of legal deposit for the most publishers are pretty low. Therefore, in this study, the improvement plans of legal deposit system for the purpose of helping legal deposit of national libraries improve smoothly has been investigated by identifying the problems with the legal deposit system that publishers had and by suggesting the matters that should be improved based on the recognition of legal deposit by publishers. The plans for the revitalization of legal deposit for the publishers are as follows: promoting factors of legal deposit systems such as scope, deadline, compensation, fine and legal deposit libraries, simplification of legal deposit procedures, set-up of automated online system for legal deposit and strengthening of the method for promoting and educating the legal deposit.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.161-179
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to suggest elements and guidelines for online digital materials in order to ensure its comprehensive collection, preservation, and access in Korea. For the establishment of elements and guidelines, this study examined appropriate advanced countries' legal deposit Acts, discussed with stakeholders, including experts and copyrighters in related areas, and surveyed library users' opinions. Finally, this study suggests 14 elements and guidelines.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.73-93
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• 2019

This study empirically analyzed the recognition and current status of university libraries related to the legal deposit of thesis and dissertation and investigated the ways to activate legal deposit to National Assembly Library. As a result, most universities conduct legal deposit of thesis and dissertation. However, most librarians face difficulties resulted from the duplication of deposits to many institutions. In the case that the deposits are not made, the main reasons are the university library's policies, duplication and inefficiency of the deposit procedures, and the limitation of obtaining copyright agreements. In order to address these limitations and to maximize the social and informational values of thesis and dissertation, this research proposed approaches to legal deposit of thesis and dissertation, including strengthening digital deposit system through the establishment of independent legal deposit law, preparing the effective ways of preservation. constructing an integrated deposit system, and developing professional collection of thesis and dissertation which can consolidate National Assembly Library.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.185-207
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• 2002

Legal deposit system is an important legal instrument for national libraries. But the law or act based on print materials in many countries predates the current information age and requires a new legal framework in order to encompass electronic publications. Many national libraries, therefore, are seeking to encourage their governments to establish legal deposit for publications in the whole range of formats. The purpose of this paper is to analyse a world-wide trends of the legal deposit system for on-line publications as well as off-line materials. The result of this analysis will be used to develop a new model of legal deposit system in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.51-79
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• 2003

The general purpose of deposit is to ensure that the knowledge of the present is not lost to the future. By today the status of legal deposit scheme in various countries including Korea is focusing on paper-based publication or tangible electronic publications. Born-digital publications including electronic books should be registered and be deposited for meeting the aims of deposit. This study presents the findings on deposit legislation, deposit arrangement, and accessing methods of networked electronic publications. The study suggests electronic deposit system, and outlines the technical and procedural challenges involved in developing the deposit system.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.173-189
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• 2009

All publications of a country is a cultural heritage with the spirit of humanity, each National Library has to collect and preserve all publications produced in each country. Acquisition activity(Collection development) of each National Library is supported by a powerful legal deposit system. Therefore, this study has analyzed the legal deposit systems of the world countries, especially focussed whether or not the compensation for legal deposit, whether or not any sanction against not-depositing, Fine collection procedures against not-depositing, and the specific process for legal deposit. Based on these investigations, this study was to seek ways to contribute the legal deposit rates of National Library. It has proposed the following suggestions; Performing of legal deposit duty by itself, developing the system for supporting the legal deposit, establishing newly of legal deposit department, and improving the compensation for the legal depositor.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.209-232
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to suggest guidelines for legal deposit process on online digital materials and use of the deposited materials both in National Digital Libraries and other places. At present, two Acts -- 'Act on Legal Deposit Process and Use of Online Digital Materials, ' 'Act on Partially Revised Library Law' -- are still pending in National Assembly. For the establishment of the guidelines in this study, advanced countries' legal deposit Acts in this area are searched and investigated. Also, in order to present various opinions from many parties immediately interested in the guidelines and Acts, survey, visitation, and consultancy methods are used.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.233-251
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• 2009

The National Library of Korea recently proposed a draft of an Act on Legal Deposit and Use for the Online Digital Products and researches about deposit system and remuneration of the digital products are in progress. Based on the law of library and copyright, remuneration of deposit and use products is paid. A draft of a proposed law include information about the remuneration payment. For these reasons, the method for efficient remuneration management is required. In this paper, we propose effective remuneration management system which follows a draft of an Act on Legal Deposit and Use for the Online Digital Products.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.65-83
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• 2008

The National Library of Korea establishes an Act on Legal Deposit and Use for the Online Digital Products in 2007 and it is preparing an enforcement. The purpose of this study is to suggest rate base on legal deposit of digital products before enforcement of this bill. To reach the goal, this study reviewed the legal deposit acts on digital products in the world. Also the opinion of main stakeholders in this area was collected such as digital book publishers and music copyright association. In conclusion, this study proposed rate base of reimbursement for legal deposit of digital products.